by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
In this post I talk about a category of English consonants called nasals. Nasal consonants are those that release sound through the nose. In some languages, nasal sounds permeate the vowels and a variety of consonants. In English, there are only three nasal...
by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
Following up on my previous video post about two categories into which all English consonants can be divided – either stops or continuants, in this video post I will discuss consonants which have friction. Technically called affricates and fricatives, their common...
by Heather Chetwynd | Oct 5, 2023 | Language Training
This is the first video in my series on a variety of aspects of pronunciation, starting with the consonants. I would say the consonants hold the vowels to create words. And in this first video, I talk about two basic categories that all consonants can be divided into...
by Heather Chetwynd | Nov 24, 2022 | Language Training
https://voicetoword.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MairzyDoats-animated.mp4 Poems and songs are fun ways to practice clear speech. The following popular 1943 poem called “Mairzy Doats” is the perfect example of linking in English. If you just listen...
by Heather Chetwynd | Sep 29, 2022 | Language Training
Over COVID, a close friend and videographer, Sue Mitchell helped me put together a series of videos about the most common vowel in English, one you likely have no knowledge of, even more so if you are a native speaker. It is called the schwa, what I refer to as “the...
by Heather Chetwynd | Apr 8, 2022 | Language Training
Cognitive Learning System Most of us have been conditioned to “sit down and study” when we want to learn something. We depend on our thinking and memorizing, on learning facts and drilling, on researching and discussing. And these learning activities are a valid and...
